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WHERE IS MAGNETIC NORTH AND SOUTH RIGHT NOW?This will give you a good idea on where north and south are right now and how it is effecting the earth today.(2011) [link to modernsurvivalblog.com]

The line where magnetic north and south are racing toward each other goes right through the most active saismic region on earth.I believe this is why we now see so many large quakes in that area. The magnetic pull is becoming greater.

Is it true that the strength of the Earth's magnetic field is decreasing? What's the effect?At most places there has been a general decrease in the strength over the past century, typically ten percent or so. No one can say with any certainty whether this represents a fluctuation or whether it is a decrease which will eventually lead to a reversal.Some scientists theorize that some, if not all of the mass extinctions that have wiped out thousands of species of life on Earth might be correlated with magnetic reversals(1998) [link to www.scientificamerican.com]

What causes the periodic reversals of the earth's magnetic field? Have there been any successful attempts to model the phenomenon?In addition, the computer model has produced three spontaneous reversals of the geomagnetic field during the 300,000-year simulation. So now, for the first time, we have three-dimensional, time-dependent simulated information about how magnetic reversals can occur(1999) [link to www.scientificamerican.com]

Satellites Spy Changes to Earth's Magnetic FieldThough the process can take nearly 5,000 years, the earth's magnetic field periodically reverses. According to a report published today in Nature, scientists may have detected the beginning of the field's next such reversal.He cautions in a commentary accompanying the report that it remains too early to tell if the planet is in the early stage of a polarity reversal. "But the rapidly evolving reversed-flux patches suggest that an attempt at reversal may be under way," (2002) [link to www.scientificamerican.com]

Hot Spots UnpluggedLong considered fixed founts of molten material from deep within the planet, hot spots now join the list of moving parts.Implications include textbook rewrites, as well as new views on paleo­climate records and the stability of the entire earth on its spin axis(2007) [link to www.scientificamerican.com]

Are the Earth's magnetic poles moving? How do navigators adjust to this change?The magnetic poles are far more restless. They move under the influence of the dynamo currents in the Earth's core, as well as electric currents flowing in the ionosphere, the radiation belts and the Earth's magnetosphere.(2007) [link to www.scientificamerican.com]

Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast, Study Says"What is so surprising is that rapid, almost sudden, changes take place in the Earth's magnetic field," said study co-author Nils Olsen, a geophysicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen.(2008) [link to news.nationalgeographic.com]

Cluster watches Earth's leaky atmosphereThey discovered that the oxygen ions were being accelerated by changes in the direction of the magnetic field.(2008) [link to www.scientificamerican.com]

The earth's magnetic field impacts climate: Danish studyThe earth's climate has been significantly affected by the planet's magnetic field, according to a Danish study published Monday that could challenge the notion that human emissions are responsible for global warming:(2009) [link to www.terradaily.com]

Russians order Flight Changes, after Massive Magnetic Shift downs AirlinersThe reason for this unprecedented warning, these reports state, are the rapid formations of “geomagnetic storms” emanating from the boundaries of the African Tectonic Plate that due to their intensity have caused the loss of two major passenger aircraft during the past month leaving nearly 300 men, women and children dead.To the catastrophic events occurring within the African Tectonic Plate it has been known for over a year with the reporting of a “new ocean” forming in Ethiopia, and as we can read as reported by Nature News Service:(2009) [link to macedoniaonline.eu]

Geomagnetic field flip-flops in a flash Scientists unearth more evidence of superfast changes in Earth’s magnetic polarity.(2010) [link to www.sciencenews.org]

Why is the north magnetic pole racing toward Siberia?But the NMP(North Magnetic Pole) drifts from year to year as geophysical processes within Earth change. For more than 150 years after Ross's measurement its movement was gradual, generally less than 15 kilometers per year. But then, in the 1990s, it picked up speed in a big way, bolting north–northwest into the Arctic Ocean at more than 55 kilometers per year(2010) [link to www.scientificamerican.com]

Global Eruption Rocks the SunIt was so big, it may have shattered old ideas about solar activity(2010) [link to science.nasa.gov]

Further magnetic field declination could disrupt every process on EarthOn January 6, 2011, the planet was blasted with strong surge of solar winds in yet another geomagnetic storm but are there indications that the planet’s only protection, the magnetosphere, may be cracking under the strain of an ever-weakening planetary magnetic field(2011) [link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com]

Shift of Earth's magnetic north pole affects Tampa airportScientists say the magnetic north pole is moving toward Russia and the fallout has reached -- of all places -- Tampa International Airport(2011) [link to www2.tbo.com]

British Geological Survey ***Possible Pole Shift Occurring*** South Atlantic Anomaly is Growing!!The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is known to be growing in extent and spreading westwards from South Africa, as the Earth’s internal magnetic field rapidly weakens in this region. This may be early evidence of a forthcoming reversal in the direction of the Earth’s internal magnetic field. We do not know in detail precisely what occurs during such reversals, including the changes observed in the magnetic field and the time a reversal takes to complete. However these factors are important in knowing where the radiation risk may be increased and how the atmosphere might respond.(2011) [link to www.bgs.ac.uk] Refer to GLP thread:Thread: British Geological Survey ***Possible Pole Shift Occuring*** South Atlantic Anomaly is Growing!!

what do you think about all this?Have we now started into the later stages of a polar reversal?

If you have any info that I have not listed, please post and I will update this as we have more information